The first week of the 2023-24 NBA season is underway and with two games on Thursday night, every team will have played its season opener. Before setting your NBA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Thursday, October 26, you NEED to see what Mike McClure has to say. 

McClure is a DFS professional with over $2 million in career winnings. He's also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account.

This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player.

On Wednesday, McClure highlighted Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane as one of his top picks in his NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Bane had 31 points with five rebounds and five assists, returning 52.25 points on DraftKings and 51.5 points on FanDuel. Anybody who included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable day.

For Thursday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks is 76ers center Joel Embiid, who is listed at $10,300 on DraftKings and $11,200 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes Giannis Antetokounmpo ($10,200 on DraftKings and $12,000 on FanDuel). Antetokounmpo was fifth in the NBA in scoring average (31.1 ppg) last season while adding 11.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. The seven-time All-Star and two-time MVP has been one of the most consistent scorers in the NBA over the last few seasons, averaging at least 28 points per game over the last four years.

McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for MASSIVE numbers on Thursday! This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any lineups.

What are the top NBA DFS picks for Thursday? And which player is a MUST-ROSTER? ... Join SportsLine now to see DFS pro Mike McClure's top picks, stacks, and player pools for FanDuel and DraftKings, and cash in BIG on NBA DFS!